Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand

The Mayor of Hastings is the head of the municipal government of Hastings, New Zealand, and presides over the Hastings District Council. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood (1886–1887),[1] and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, who is the first female to be elected to the office.

The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system.[2]

List of Mayors of Hastings

References

  • From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.
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  2. "Voting and Becoming a Councillor". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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  4. Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Hastings Corporation". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. Boyd, Mary. "Algernon Instone Rainbow". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 58. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
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  8. "Hastings elects first woman mayor". 25 November 2017.
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